by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 4, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Dear Occupy Nashville, Thank you for fulfilling your civic duty, for telling your truth, for standing up for the little guys–most of us are they little guys. Thank you for being passionate, for being brave, for sacrificing for those of us who just cannot. Thank...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 29, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Monday, Dec. 5: THIS SALE HAS ENDED! We have a skeleton inventory (3 sets!) Thank you All who purchased. We will print more cards probably by spring or before but these were the last of the archival inks & papers if not these designs as well. The bottom design is...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 24, 2011 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality, Travel
My sisters and I will be gathering for our first Thanksgiving as orphaned adult children. We will resume the tradition started by our father: When we sit down to the blessed feast steaming before us, we will go around the table, each of us sharing...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 18, 2011 | Art, H2H, Our Book, Nashville!
Last December found Nashville book lovers mourning the loss of our city's last full service independent book store. It was a sign of turbulent times in the publishing world. Soon, three Borders here would also turn off the lights and permanently close their doors....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 11, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature
"When we innocently pass through a day without acknowledging our good, we are denying ourselves a sense of pleasure and delight. We lose a consciousness of expectation that things will continue to get even better. Gratitude is it's own prayer."...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 4, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Nashville!
Study, Angel Oak; drawing by Charles Brindley My recently deceased father instilled my love for trees. One-hundred-year oaks and cedars and younger varieties were generous on our family land. "I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree,"...
